末業

Chinese

		end; final stage; latter part	business; occupation; study
trad. (末業)		末	業
simp. (末业)		末	业
Literally: “low-class occupation”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mòyè

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄧㄝˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mòyè
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mòyè
  - Wade–Giles: mo⁴-yeh⁴
  - Yale: mwò-yè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohyeh
  - Palladius: мое (moje)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    末頁／末页
    末葉／末叶
    末業／末业

Middle Chinese: mat ngjaep

Rime
Character	末	業
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	桓 (64)	嚴 (147)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	莫撥切	魚怯切
Baxter	mat	ngjaep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑt̚/	/ŋɨɐp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɑt̚/	/ŋiɐp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑt̚/	/ŋiɐp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwat̚/	/ŋɨap̚/
Li Rong	/muɑt̚/	/ŋiap̚/
Wang Li	/muɑt̚/	/ŋĭɐp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑt̚/	/ŋi̯ɐp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò	yè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mut⁶	jip⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤat [m-qʰ](r)[a]p/

(Zhengzhang): /*maːd ŋab/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	末	業
Reading #	1/1	1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mò	yè
Middle Chinese	‹ mat ›	‹ ngjæp ›
Old Chinese	/*mˁat/	/*[m-qʰ](r)[a]p/
English	end of a branch	work (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	末	業
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9223	14819
Phonetic component	末	業
Rime group	月	盍
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	末	業
Old Chinese	/*maːd/	/*ŋab/

Noun

末業

(Classical Chinese, derogatory) handicraft industry and commerce
- 夫用貧求富，農不如工，工不如商；刺繡文不如倚市門，此言末業，貧者之資也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  夫用贫求富，农不如工，工不如商；刺绣文不如倚市门，此言末业，贫者之资也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
  Fū yòng pín qiú fù, nóng bùrú gōng, gōng bùrú shāng; cì xiùwén bùrú yǐ shìmén, cǐ yán mòyè, pínzhě zhī zī yě. [Pinyin]
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